Tottenham wants to sign Adrián

Tottenham Hotspur is looking to sign Atlético de Madrid striker Adrián and has made him a very tempting offer: in addition to covering his ¤18 million release clause, the club would pay him over triple his current annual salary at Atlético.

The alarm bells have started ringing at the Madrid-based club. They want to keep Adrián at all costs. On hearing of the move by the London club, Atlético contacted the player and offered to extend and improve his contract, which would obviously lead to an increase in his release clause.

However, the Asturian player has not come back with the answer that they were looking for. So far he has rejected the offer by Atlético, which has been unable to match the terms proposed by Tottenham. Atlético believes that Adrián has struck an agreement with the English club – something which the player’s agents have categorically denied.

What most upsets the people in the offices at the Calderón is that Adrián could go for ¤18 million, given that they believe his market value to be much higher.